Brain
Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination
What is the cerebellum!
What two structures make the central nervous system (CNS)
What are the brain and spinal cord?
What is the basic cell that sends and receives messages in the nervous system?
Where are neurons?
Which division controls involuntary functions such as breathing and heart rate?
What is the autonomic nervous system?
After a stressful day, you decide to relax and play a video game or scroll on TikTok. You instantly feel better. Which neurotransmitter was released by doing this?
What is dopamine?
Which lobe is responsible for planning, decision-making, personality, and executive functions?
What is the frontal lobe?
What structure(s) make up the peripheral nervous system (PNS)
What are the nerves and ganglia?
What is the name of the long part of the neuron that carries electrical signals away from the cell body?
What is the axon?
Which division controls voluntary movement, such as walking?
What is the somatic nervous system?
Someone gets hit in the head during a soccer game and loses their vision for a minute. Which lobe was disturbed?
What is the occipital lobe?
Which brain structure controls autonomic functions like breathing and heart rate?
What is the brain stem?
A student touches a hot stove. Sensory nerves carry information from the hand toward the brain and spinal cord. Which division do these nerves belong to?
What is the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
Which neuron structure insulates the axon and speeds up signal transduction?
What is the myelin sheath?
Which division of the NS prepares the body for danger or stressful situations (i.e. the fight or flight division)?
What is the sympathetic division?
Which animal's brain did we dissect?
What is a sheep?
What are the shallow grooves in the brain called?
What are the sulci?
What are the Medulla Oblongata, Pons, and Midbrain?
Which part of the neuron receives signals from other cells?
What are the dendrites?
Which division of the nervous system is the "rest and digest" division?
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
What structure in the brain connects the right and left sides of the brain?
What is the corpus callosum?
A person has trouble understanding language and auditory information after brain damage. They also develop anterograde amnesia (cannot form new memories). Which lobe of their brain was damaged?
What is the temporal lobe?
Communication of the Peripheral Nervous System is by way of what structure?
What is Spinal Cord
What are the two ways neurons communicate with each other?
What are chemical and electrical messages?
Which structure of the brain works with the autonomic nervous system?
What is the brain stem?
Which system in the brain is located in the temporal lobe and serves as the brain's the reward center?
What is the mesolimbic system?